Kendrick Lamar is ramping up anticipation of a new album with a mysterious Instagram post.
Kendrick Lamar Shares “IV” Instagram Post
Creeper Stream New Album
Creeper’s new album, Eternity, In Your Arms, can be streamed over at The Independent.
No Free Parents at Warped This Year
Warped Tour will not be offering their “free parent ticket” promotion this year:
In 2015 and 2016, we tested implementing a “Parent Get’s In For Free” program that allowed (1) parent to be admitted to the show for Free if they were bringing a child that had a paid ticket. Unfortunately in 2017 and moving forward, the tour is “going back to our roots” and with the booking of a more balanced lineup including many legacy acts, we are no longer offering the FREE Parent Ticket.
Wish instead I could dictate that zero of my dollars go to Attila. But, who am I kidding? I don’t wanna go stand in the sun all day to watch four bands anyway.
Aimee Mann Streams New Album
Aimee Mann’s new album, Mental Illness, can be streamed below via NPR.
Run the Jewels – “Legend Has It” Video
Run the Jewels have released a video for “Legend Has It.”
Warped Tour 2017 Lineup
Warped Tour have announced the lineup for this year. You can find the full list of bands below, you’ll have to check your date to see who is playing when.
Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ Is Ok, but Never Great
After watching the first six episodes a lot of critics were out on Netflix’s new series Iron Fist. The reviews haven’t been kind. While it’s hard to judge a whole show on just shy of half of its episodes, it’s important for a show to grab the audience from the start. Iron Fist doesn’t quite do that. While I made it through the whole thing, the start of the show was slow. The latter half is definitely better, but many people could find themselves giving up on the show before that happens.
Benchmarks – “Our Undivided Attention” (Album Premiere)
Benchmarks will release their new album, Our Undivided Attention, on March 24th via SofaBurn Records. Today we’re premiering the full thing for your listening pleasure. Fans of The Menzingers or The Weakerthans won’t want to miss it. If you like the album, you can pre-order it through SofaBurn’s webstore.
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YouTube: The most unsatisfying video ever.
Kickstarter for The Matches Documentary Close to Goal
This Kickstarter for a documentary about The Matches is really close to its goal, figured I’d give it a little signal boost for any fans that may not have seen it yet:
Bleeding Audio is a feature-length documentary featuring The Matches, a band from Oakland, CA, who experienced a meteoric rise in the mid-2000s, signing with Epitaph Records, and quickly putting out 3 records produced by the likes of Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Nick Hexum (311), Mark Hoppus (blink-182), and John Feldmann (Goldfinger).
The Decemberists Announce Music Festival
The Decemberists have announced their own curated festival, Travelers’ Rest, that will take place August 12th and 13th at Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater in Missoula, Montana. The lineup can be found below.
“The Pop-Punk Coloring Book”
A second edition of “The Pop-Punk Coloring Book” is up for order on Etsy.
The book is 40 pages, 19 of coloring and activities, and 19 of information on the featured bands.
Featured bands include All Time Low, Blink-182, Sleeping With Sirens, The Story So Far, The Maine, State Champs, Patent Pending, Green Day, Waterparks, Twenty One Pilots, Pierce The Veil, The Summer Set, Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, We The Kings, Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, and Bayside.
Lollapalooza Announce 2017 Lineup
Lollapalooza have announced their 2017 lineup. You can find that below.
Jule Vera – “Lifeline”
Advertisers Seek More Control After Unintended Breitbart Spots
Jessica Toonkel, writing for Reuters:
Some advertisers are working overtime to scrub their spots from websites including Breitbart News, an unintended consequence of the automated ad buying systems that are meant to lower costs and allow for more targeted advertising.
Those trying to keep their ads off certain websites are finding they must take steps to verify the spots they bid for are where ads actually appear and that there are no third parties involved that can result in ads winding up in unintended places.
Another consequence of just throwing your ads up everywhere and praying for clicks: you don’t know where your brand ends up being shown, and what it’s next to.